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Valley fever outbreak strikes solar power plant workers

Written on 1 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Valley fever has struck 28 workers at two solar power construction sites in San Luis Obispo County. [LATimes] Staff from the California Department of Public Health, investigators from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health and San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Former coach convicted of felony battery with beer bottle

Written on 1 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury convicted former Cal Poly and Oakland Raiders coach Randy Hanson of felony battery, subjecting him to up to four years in prison. [Tribune] Hason, a Cal Poly assistant football coach at the time, struck a... (Continue reading)

Sexual assault reported on Cal Poly campus

Written on 30 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A sexual assault occurred early Sunday morning in a Cal Poly residence hall, according to the University Police Department. [Mustang Daily] University police say a woman reported an assault Monday afternoon that occurred early Sunday in the Muir Residence Hall.... (Continue reading)

Bill amendment technique challenged

Written on 30 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A legislative practice that has outraged voters for years and allowed lawmakers to surreptitiously slip into statute a variety of controversial measures will be challenged by a new proposal in the state Assembly. (Sacramento Bee) The Capitol tradition known as... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $50 million

Written on 30 Apr, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

A Nipomo man pleaded guilty this afternoon to a fraud scheme that caused more than $47 million in losses to several victims, including his in-laws, a friend and five banks. John Mark Moore, 51, operated the fraud scheme for well... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles High School journalists earn national recognition

Written on 30 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A hotbed for journalism is developing in the North County. Paso Robles High School’s new magazine, the Crimson, earned its sixth consecutive top-10 finish for the National Scholastic Press Association’s (NSPA) best of show award at the National High School... (Continue reading)

French Hospital has high heart surgery death rates

Written on 29 Apr, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 49 comments

A state report ranks San Luis Obispo’s French Hospital Medical Center — and a doctor who performs surgeries there — as having some of the highest adjusted mortality rates for heart bypass surgery patients in the state, according to a... (Continue reading)

Legislature considering increase to California minimum wage

Written on 29 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 42 comments

Democratic Assemblyman Luis Alejo is attempting to raise California’s minimum wage by $1.25 over the next three years. [LA Times] Alejo, of Watsonville, is the sponsor of Assembly Bill 10, which could create the first raise in the state’s minimum... (Continue reading)

Search for missing Solvang pilot still delayed

Written on 29 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A search for a missing Solvang pilot whose single-engine airplane apparently crashed near Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome will be resumed in June, park officials said. [Santa Maria Times] Nicol Wilson’s 1966 Mooney M20F disappeared from radar Dec. 17 after... (Continue reading)

8-year-old California girl stabbed to death

Written on 29 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

An attacker stabbed an 8-year-old girl to death inside her home in the Sierra Nevada foothills Saturday. [USA Today] Leila Fowler, of Valley Springs, California, died in a local hospital after her 12-year-old brother found her stabbed inside their Calaveras... (Continue reading)